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==Talks==
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[http://manchester.fsuk.org Manchester Free Software Group's] [http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/fsuk-manchester Mailing List]<br />
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* For the format of the email and website promotion see previous ones.
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[http://www.manlug.org/ Manchester Linux User Groups] [http://listserv.manchester.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa?REPORT&z=3 Mailing List]<br />
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* From the speaker we should get a bit about the speaker and the talk. This is because some potential attendees will base their attendance on this information and its likely to get some to attend who otherwise wouldn't.
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Linux Users Manchester's [http://listserv.manchester.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa?REPORT&z=3 Mailing List]<br />
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* Talks should be advertised after the previous talk but before the end of the previous month. This is so the potential attendees have time to plan but are not confused with which talk is on which date.
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[http://www.bsdgroups.org.uk/manchester/ Manchester BSD User Group's] [Mailing List]<br />
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* A reminder should be sent a few days before the talk. This is to get those who were going attend but had forgotten and a second attempt to persuade others to attend.
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[http://www.sheflug.co.uk/ Sheffield Linux User Group's] [Mailing List]<br />
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[http://www.liverpool.lug.org.uk/ Liverpool Linux User Group's] [https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/liverpool/ Mailing List] <br />
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== Meetings are promoted to ==
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[http://www.preston.lug.org.uk Preston Linux User Group's] [ Mailing List]<br />
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I, Chair, am currently publicising the talks to our websites and our mailing list only. Leaving further promotion, such as posting to mailing lists, to others. I think this less spam like, leaving MFS members on other mailing lists to make the decision to post or not.
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[http://www.sc.lug.org.uk South Cheshire GNU/Linux User Group's] [Mailing List]<br />
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[http://dfey.freedomdreams.co.uk DFEY's] [Mailing List]<br />
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=== Websites ===
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[http://www.geekup.org Geekup's] [Mailing List]<br />
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* [http://manchester.fsuk.org Manchester Free Software Group Blog]. Including setting date and time in calendar widget of post (it's at the bottom) and categorise the event as "Future Events" and "Future Meetings" (Categories box in on the right).
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[http://www.openrightsgroup.org Open Rights Group's] [Discussion List]<br />
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* [[Manchester/Meetings#Group_Meetings Group Meetings calendar on wiki]]
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[http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/fsfe-uk FSFE-UK's Discussion List]<br />
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* [http://groups.fsf.org/index.php/Current_events FSF's Current Events Page]
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* [http://www.upcoming.org Upcoming]
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[Open Rights Group's Event Announce Email]<br />
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* FSDaily
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[http://www.upcoming.org Upcoming]<br />
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* Digg
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[Indie Media]<br />
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* Reddit
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* [http://www.indymedia.org.uk IndyMedia] [http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/manchester/ Manchester's] [http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/manchester/static/prepublish.html Newswire]
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[http://www.manlug.org.uk manlug IRC Channel]<br />
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* [http://www.wheresthegeeks.co.uk/ Where's the geeks]
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* [http://fossevents.org/ FOSS Events]
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On occasion:<br />
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[BBC-Backstage's] [Mailing List]<br />
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=== Mailing Lists ===
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[Ubuntu-uk's] [Mailing List]<br />
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* [http://manchester.fsuk.org Manchester Free Software Group's] [http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/fsuk-manchester Mailing List]
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[Nottingham Linux User Group's] [Mailing List]<br />
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* [http://www.manlug.org/ Manchester Linux User Group's] [http://listserv.manchester.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa?REPORT&z=3 Mailing List]
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[Schoolsforge-uk's [Mailing List]<br />
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* Linux Users Manchester's [http://listserv.manchester.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa?REPORT&z=3 Mailing List]
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* [http://www.bsdgroups.org.uk/manchester/ Manchester BSD User Group's] Mailing List - <b>Currently Down</b>
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* [http://www.sc.lug.org.uk South Cheshire GNU/Linux User Group's] [http://mailman.lug.org.uk/pipermail/sc/ Mailing List]
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* [http://dfey.freedomdreams.co.uk DFEY's] [http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/dfey-nw-discuss Mailing List]
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* [http://www.geekup.org Geekup's] [http://groups.google.com/group/geekup Mailing List]
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=== Social Networking ===
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* Facebook - [http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=28643509885 Manchester Free Software] 
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* identi.ca - Manchester Free Software ([http://identi.ca/group/mcrfs !mcrfs]) group
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=== IRC ===
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* [http://www.manlug.org.uk #manlug IRC Channel]
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==== On occasion advertised to: ====
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* [http://www.sheflug.co.uk/ Sheffield Linux User Group's] [http://sheflug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/sheflug_sheflug.org.uk Mailing List]
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* [http://www.liverpool.lug.org.uk/ Liverpool Linux User Group's] [http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/liverpool/ Mailing List]
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* [http://www.preston.lug.org.uk Preston Linux User Group's] [http://mailman.lug.org.uk/pipermail/preston Mailing List]
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* [http://www.nottingham.lug.org.uk Nottingham Linux User Group's] Mailing List
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* York Linux User Group's Mailing List
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* Sheffield Linux and BSD User Group's Mailing List
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* West Yorkshire Linux User Group's Mailing List
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* [http://www.openrightsgroup.org Open Rights Group's] [http://lists.openrightsgroup.org/mailman/listinfo/org-discuss Discussion List]
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* [http://www.openrightsgroup.org Open Rights Group's] Event Announce Email - upcoming at openrightsgroup dot org
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* [http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/fsfe-uk FSFE-UK's Discussion List]
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* [http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/ BBC-Backstage's] [http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html Mailing List]
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* [http://ubuntu-uk.org/ Ubuntu-uk's] [http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk Mailing List]
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* [http://schoolforge.org.uk/index.php/Main_Page Schoolsforge-uk's] [http://groups.google.com/group/sf-uk-discuss Mailing List]
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* [http://manchester.no2id.net/ No2ID Manchester]
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* [http://services.disruptiveproactivity.com/mysocietymanchester/ MySociety Manchester]

Latest revision as of 10:15, 6 November 2019

Talks

  • For the format of the email and website promotion see previous ones.
  • From the speaker we should get a bit about the speaker and the talk. This is because some potential attendees will base their attendance on this information and its likely to get some to attend who otherwise wouldn't.
  • Talks should be advertised after the previous talk but before the end of the previous month. This is so the potential attendees have time to plan but are not confused with which talk is on which date.
  • A reminder should be sent a few days before the talk. This is to get those who were going attend but had forgotten and a second attempt to persuade others to attend.

Meetings are promoted to

I, Chair, am currently publicising the talks to our websites and our mailing list only. Leaving further promotion, such as posting to mailing lists, to others. I think this less spam like, leaving MFS members on other mailing lists to make the decision to post or not.

Websites

Mailing Lists

Social Networking

IRC

On occasion advertised to:

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